Last night saw stellar performances from The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men, leading to a CBS victory.
At 8, CBS won the hour with a solid performance from How I Met Your Mother (3.5 rating) and Accidentally on Purpose (2.9). Two and a Half Men then almost doubled its lead in with a season high 5.1 demo rating and over 15 million viewers. The Big Bang Theory then improved on its lead in to hit series highs in the key demo (5.7 rating) and viewers (14.7 million) CSI: Miami wasn’t helped much though, pulling a 3.8 rating, a slight improvement over last week.
FOX was second for the night with Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special which managed an average 2.4 rating and 8.6 million viewers, which is well down from what House and Lie To Me normally do on Mondays.
Third was ABC, which went with a Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town rerun at 8, pulling a 2.7 rating and 8 million viewers. Find My Family continued dropping this week pulling just a 1.8 rating and under 6 million viewers at 9pm. Castle was impacted by the low lead in, drawing just a 2.3 rating and 8.4 million viewers, its lowest in a while.
NBC went with two Law & Order SVU’s last night in place of Heroes and Trauma. They averaged a 1.6 rating and 6.2 million viewers, which is still pretty solid for reruns. At 10, Leno fell to a 1.3 rating and just 4.7 million viewers.
The CW was last (as usual) with One Tree Hill (1.2, 2.6 million) and Gossip Girl (1.2, 2.2 million) both having a solid evening.
Full Breakdown:
8:00 – CBS – How I Met Your Mother – 3.5 (18-49 rating) - 9.2 million viewers
ABC – Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (R) - 2.7 - 8 million
FOX – Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special – 2.4 - 8.9 million
NBC – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R) - 1.5 - 6.6 million
CW One Tree Hill 1.2/3 2.59
8:30 – CBS – Accidentally on Purpose – 2.9 (18-49 rating) - 8.3 million viewers
9:00 – CBS – Two and a Half Men – 5.1 (18-49 rating) - 15.2 million
FOX – Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special – 2.3 - 8.2 million
ABC – Find My Family – 1.8 – 5.9 million
NBC – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R) – 1.6 - 5.8 million
CW – Gossip Girl – 1.2 - 2.2 million
9:30 – CBS – The Big Bang Theory – 5.7 (18-49 rating) - 14.7 million viewers
10:00 – CBS – CSI: Miami – 3.8 (18-49 rating) - 12.9 million viewers
ABC – Castle – 2.3 - 8.4 million
NBC – The Jay Leno Show – 1.3 - 4.7 million
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